philippines and miss venezuela who came in third. >> the u.s. getting pummelled with a massive thunderstorm just days before christmas. dumping at least a foot of snow in the next 48-hours. dozens of flights already canceled. it is going to get worse we are told. strong winds making visibility pretty difficult. nine states are under warnings. for the lathes on what to expect joe to janice dean. hey, janice. >> hads quite a storm packing a punch. we not only have blizzard warnings but earlier we had tornado warnings. tornado watch in effect for parts of the mississippi valley and many thunderstorm warnings in effect along this area. a storm cloud ahead of it a warm unstable air mass. that's why we are seeing the threat for tornadoes hail and damaging winds. the blizzard side of the storm we have blizzard warnings for at least five states as you can see here stretching from portions of nebraska through iowa and the midwest. blizzard conditions are expected through out the day today with heavy snow and wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour. tha